योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-24

स्थातव्यमिह देहेन कल्पं यावदनेन ते ।
वयं हि नियतिं विद्मो यथाभूतामनिन्दिताम् ॥ २४ ॥

sthātavyamiha dehena kalpaṃ yāvadanena te ,
vayaṃ hi niyatiṃ vidmo yathābhūtāmaninditām 24

24. sthātavyam iha dehena kalpam yāvat anena te | vayam
hi niyatim vidmaḥ yathābhūtām aninditām || 24 ||

24. anena te dehena iha kalpam yāvat sthātavyam
hi vayam yathābhūtām aninditām niyatim vidmaḥ

24. You must remain here with this body until the end of the kalpa. For we indeed know destiny (niyati) as it truly is, a faultless natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• स्थातव्यम् (sthātavyam) - to be stayed, one should stay, one must remain

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• देहेन (dehena) - by the body

• कल्पम् (kalpam) - for an aeon, until a kalpa

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as far as

• अनेन (anena) - by this (one)

• ते (te) - by you, for you, your

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• नियतिम् (niyatim) - destiny, fate, natural law

• विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

• यथाभूताम् (yathābhūtām) - as it is, as it truly is, truly existing

• अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - irreproachable, faultless, blameless

Words meanings and morphology

स्थातव्यम् (sthātavyam) - to be stayed, one should stay, one must remain

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthātavya

sthātavya - that which is to be stood, stood upon, stayed, remained; advisable to stay

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Derived from the root √sthā with the suffix -tavya.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used impersonally to express obligation or necessity.

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

देहेन (dehena) - by the body

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Note: Denotes the means by which one remains.

कल्पम् (kalpam) - for an aeon, until a kalpa

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kalpa

kalpa - a kalpa, a cosmic period, a very long duration of time

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration, in conjunction with 'yāvat'.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as far as

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative adverb, here indicating duration.

अनेन (anena) - by this (one)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to the 'body' (dehena) and agrees in gender, number, and case.

ते (te) - by you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used here in the sense of an agent in a passive construction, equivalent to 'tvayā'.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or causal particle.

नियतिम् (niyatim) - destiny, fate, natural law

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niyati

niyati - destiny, fate, necessity, divine will, natural law (dharma), fixed order

Note: Object of the verb 'vidmaḥ'.

विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

यथाभूताम् (yathābhūtām) - as it is, as it truly is, truly existing

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yathābhūta

yathābhūta - as it happened, as it is, true, real, actually existing

Compound type : karmadhāraya (yathā+bhūta)

• yathā – as, just as, in what manner
  indeclinable
• bhūta – been, become, existing, true, real
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √bhū.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'niyatim'.

अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - irreproachable, faultless, blameless

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anindita

anindita - unblamed, faultless, irreproachable, blameless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• nindita – blamed, censured, reproached
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √nind.
  Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'niyatim'.

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